mid-15c., from Middle French municion "fortification, defense, defensive wall" (14c.), from Latin munitionem (nominative munitio) "a defending, fortification, protecting," noun of action from past participle stem of munire "to fortify," from moenia "defensive walls," related to murus "wall" (see mural). By 1530s the sense had passed through "military stores" to become "ammunition."
权威例句
1. The rebels bombed the munition factory.
叛军轰炸了兵工厂.
2. The soldiers had plenty of arms and munition!
士兵们有充足的武器和弹药.
3. Derek cashed in on the turmoil to set the munition depot on fire.
德里克乘混乱之机,放火烧了军火库.
4. This paper mainly experiment research and numerical analyzed the submunition ballistic trajectory condition of hard munition.